Herennius
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From an Oscan personal name, probably related to 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉𐌉𐌀𐌃 (heriiad, “he wants”) (compare Umbrian 𐌇𐌄𐌓𐌉 (heri)), from Proto-Italic *herjō (“to wish, want”). Probably influenced by Etruscan.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /heːˈren.ni.us/, [heːˈrɛnːiʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈren.ni.us/, [eˈrɛnːius]
Proper noun[edit]
Hērennius m sg (genitive Hērenniī or Hērennī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Herennius Senecio, a Roman writer
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Hērennius |
| Genitive | Hērenniī Hērennī1 |
| Dative | Hērenniō |
| Accusative | Hērennium |
| Ablative | Hērenniō |
| Vocative | Hērennī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Herennius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Herennius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- ^ Fay, E. W. (1913). Indo-European Verbal Flexion was Analytical (a Return to Bopp). United States: University of Texas, p. 41
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “440-41”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 440-41
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